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Isn't it legal to fire an employee who speaks against their company?

• bushbaba 4y ago
  That’s not why they were fired. It was for non performance.
  • mupuff1234 4y ago
    In this case she resigned. I'm just wondering why Google didn't fire her and that's it?
    • seti0Cha 4y ago
      I don't know the specifics of the case but it is often a lot easier to "manage them out" than to fire them. Often this means putting them on a performance improvement plan that you are pretty sure they won't satisfy but effectively tells them to start looking for another job.
• erellsworth 4y ago
  No, it's not. California, like most states in the US, is an "at-will employment" state, which basically means they can fire you for just about anything. They don't even need a reason.
  • seti0Cha 4y ago
    But in practice, at least in big tech, they will always want to have a documented and defendable reason for firing people to avoid lawsuits.